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[dkellis]

I think a lot of what turned me off of Champions Online was the playerbase.

Specifically, the defensiveness of the playerbase. CO's missions tend to be built on, and I quote, "quirky cultural references" (to be fair, it's a quote of a quote). This means that major plot arcs turn out to be references to something from pop culture or other, much

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[irishninja]

It's too bad when a game is ruined by its players. I think that if Aion's community was good, like CoH's community, I would have played the game for longer than a week.

Also, that's a pretty lame method of mission design...

[dkellis]

CO's missions are almost entirely references to some pop culture or other, usually in the form of a pun. It's like a D&D session full of Monty Python jokes, and the DM encourages this.

A little bit of humour is fine, but when the whole game is made of it, it gets old quickly. And when I don't get the references, it makes me feel like even more of an outsider.

[darksumomo]

It's like a D&D session full of Monty Python jokes, and the DM encourages this.I played in a campaign like this from 1982-1989. During my time there, one of the other players ran a wizard named Tim, whose minature wore the rams's horn hood and red and black cloak of the character from the movie. I encountered at least one vorpal rabbit. Also, one of the players carried around The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and the Book of Armaments. At least we didn't have a female player who ran a character named Zoot

[irishninja]

Haha, that's pretty crazy. It's not the first time I've heard of games like that, though. They seem to have been, if not common, at least less uncommon in the 70s and early 80s.

[bunny_m]

I must afdmit, the playerbase leaves me more than a bit cold, but otherwise, I've enjoyed the game.

Not nearly as much as City, mind, but enough that I don't regret my lifetime subscription at all...